Wood furniture drawer support



J. TILLOTSQN, JR

WOOD FURNITURE DRAWER SUPPORT Filed Nov. 26', 1952 Jan. 23, 1934.

gmc/nto@ Patented Jan. 23, 1934 WOOD FURNITURE DRAWER SUIEPORT James Tillotson, Jr., Jamestown, N.v Y.

Application November 26, 1932 Serial No. 644,4?.60`

Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in drawer supporting means for wood furniture.

For many years prior to this invention, it has been the practise in constructing wooden furnil ture of the case, chest or cabinet type in which drawers are located, to provide a groove in the side Wall of a drawer with which to engage a `wooden guide strip attached to the wall of a case. A certain amount of clearance was always allowed to insure easy reciprocation of the drawer. Prior to and during the manufacture of the case, the wood, from which the article is made, has had ample time to season, that is, it has a moisture content corresponding to that` part of the country in which it has been seasoned. It has been found, however, that chests having drawers mounted in this fashion when shipped to another part of the country, as for example along the coast, where the moisture content of the air is much greater, both drawers and guides tend to swell and take upall the clearance originally allowed and thus prevent free and easy reciprocation of the drawer which Ymay ultimately-occasion considerable damage or at least necessitate some repairs. For some years it has also been the purpose to utilize the knowledge gained in metal furniture manufacturing by incorporating metal drawer guides, rollers, etc., in an article of furniture manufactured from wood. While this H type o-f structure overcomes the above objection to wood guides, it necessarily involves a considerable expense which obviously increases the cost of wooden furniture.

The present invention has, therefore, been developed for the purpose of providing a drawer guide which combines the cheap cost of manufacture of a wooden structure with the better operation of the metal furniture and this, therefore, constitutes the principal object of the in- 4.0 vention.

Another object of the invention lies in the provision of a metal guide mounted on either the case or drawer it is to support and having the least possible contact with the guide-way with which it is frictionally engaged.

A further object of the invention lies in the provision of a device which, while serving as a support and guide for a drawer, also constitutes .50 a dust and dirt protection and eliminates the shelves between conjunction with the accompanying drawing, v and in which' Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a chest embodying one form of this invention, parts being broken away to disclose the location of theA invention 'v Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the chest, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 and shows the rail and guide in elevation; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective 65 View, showing the details of construction and mounting as well as a protection against dust between drawers.

Reference is had to the drawing in which a case, generally indicated by the reference numeral y `10, is shown. The case is comprised of the usual front and rear legs l1 and 12, side panels 13, rear panelll and drawers 15. i

Extending along the inner face of the side panel 13 and tenoned to the legs 11 and 12, is a rail 16. Formed in the rail16 is a longitudinally extending groove 17 having its opening along the upper face 18 of said rail. A guide strip 20 is mounted on the rail 16 by projecting the'vertical flange 21 thereof into the groove 17. The horizontal flange 22 of the guide strip lies against the face 18 of the rail, being projected slightly therebeyond and terminates in a rolled edge 24. It is pointed out that it is well known in the art to provide-'a guide strip vhaving slotted openings 85 through which screws project into the rail to permit lateral adjustment. This is not the purpose of this invention, however, since it has been found that adjustment is not necessary when a guide strip of this type is initially properly located. The essential consideration being to mount the guide strip quickly and securely with all portions of the rolled edge 24 a uniform distance from the rail. As described this is accomplishedk through the definite location of the fiange 21 of the guide strip 20 in the slot 17. The drawer 15 is formed with sides 26, in the outer face of each of which is formed a slot 27, the side and base walls being preferably perpendicular to each other. It will thus be noted;l that when the drawer is mounted in the case, and the rolled edge 24 of the guide strip is projected into the slot 27, a minimum contact of the rolled edge with the walls of the slot is obtained. Since the less friction occurring between relatively 105 moving elements the better, it is apparent that a drawer having only a small surfacevin contact with the guide strip may be readily manipulated. Although the drawing discloses a guide strip attached to the rail 16, it Will be understood that the 110 roo parts may be reversed, that is to say, the guide strip may be mounted by screws or any other suitable means on the side 26 of the drawer, a slot similar to the slot 27 being cut into the inner vertical face of the rail 16 and the rolled edge 24 projected thereinto.

In the cheaper grade of cases no eiort is made ito rprovide Adust shelves whereas in the better y-gradeof furniture of this type, a dust shelf will be located between each drawer as well as beneath the lowermost drawer. The present invention enables the provision of the equivalent of dust shelves between drawers through `the mounting of a strip 29, similar to the guide strip 20, on a rail 30 which extends between andgpreferably joined to the rear legs 12 of the case. The rolled edge of this strip projects into Yas'lot when the drawer is closed, substantially as is shown in Figure 3 of the drawing. It will thus be understood that the guide strips 20 and strip 129 provide fa three-.sided seal to :prevent :circulation of dust throughout the interior of Ithe case :and from one drawer ttoanother. In as Jnuch as reach drawer lmust of necessity be equipped with fguide strips20, yit is a simple matter ite provide a third strip for the purpose of preventing circula-tion of .dirt and dust.

While applicant 'has .shown and described'only 'one modica'tion Lof his invention, namely, the :application-of .a :fixed rolled :edge guide strip ven- :gageable with :a drawer, Iit will be .apparent to those fskilled in the art .that other 'modications or adaptations of this structure may .be made without departing vfrom :the spirit and scope of the inventionzas defined in the :hereunto annexed sclaims.

llI-Iaving thus .'set :forth my Vinvention vwhat I claim as new and for which ,=I rdesire protection by Letters Patent iis:

.1In.=an article of 'wooden :Eurniture having a draweropening, :a rail fixedlto said article, walls I.dening a ilongitu'dinall;r vdirected :slot in .one -ace fof said =rail,faidrawerfguide,striponsaid rail and 'projecting Slaterally beyond one vertical :edge thereof, and a'ange on said strip engaged with isaid rail slot for :accurately `determining ithe .ex- .tent of lateral Iproj ectionioi fsaidfstripbeyond vsaid vrail.

2.1nanarticle1of wooden lfurniture lhaving a drawer opening, :a rail .xedltosaid article, 'a wall defined slot in one face of said rail, a drawer guide strip mounted on said rail and projecting beyond one vertical edge thereof, a, longitudinally extending ange on said strip engaged with said rail slot for accurately determining the extent of projection of said strip beyond said rail, and anti-friction drawer engaging means terminating thejprojecting @portion of :said Istrip.

I3. 'In 4an article lof wooden furniture having a drawer opening, a rail fixed to said article, a Wall defined slot in one face of said rail, a drawer .guide strip mounted on said rail and projecting beyond one vertical .edge thereof, a longitudinally extendingfl'ange on said strip engaged with said .frail -slot for accurately determining the extent of projection of said strip beyond said rail, and a drawer Ieng-aging rolled edge terminating the projecting portion of said strip.

4. AIn an article of wooden furniture having a drawer receiving opening, a rail xed to said article, .a longitudinally extending wall Adeiined slot lin 4one face 4of said rail, .fa drawer .guide lstrip mounted fon -said :rail and projecting :laterally lbeyond 4one `vertical edge thereof ,.a longitudinally extending flange Aonsaid strip engaged with said *100 lrailslot 'for accurately determining the extent `oi? :projection .of fsaid l'strip :beyond :said rail, :a rolled .edge :terminating the :projecting portion of .said strip, -a lfurther strip .mounted adjacent the `rear 'of :said :drawer opening, :said :further .istrip having G1505 :a longitudinally :extending Aportion-,projecting into 'said 4.opening .and Len'ga'geable :with the rearportion of afdrawensaid guide =strips and .said ifurther `strip .cooperating with said drawer Ito 'Aprezvent the :circulationof dirt or 4'dust nfsaid'articlefflo f5. vIn .anarticle Vof wooden Vfurniture ihaving a vc'lrawer lreceiving opening, transversely .disposed :rails joined 'Sto-the walls `on-oppos`ite sides o'f Isaid opening, a guide strip mounted fon -each oi? 'said` lrails, `said Istrips projecting inwardly lof 1the yer- A#15 ticalredgevof eachof saidira'ils, 'the inwardly pro- Kjecting portion vvof :each of said strips vterm'ina'ting Fin Ianti-friction drawer-engaging means, `further means mounted at the rear of fsaid fdrawer opening and 'having further drawer engaging'l-ZO fmeans, all of said means being Yengaged. with 4va drawer `mounted in said opening for the purpose of `preventing circulation of dust and'dirt fin V'said article.

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